Wielding Finance, Innovation And Policy To Make An Impact In Climate Change

This can be done through enacting national targets supported by regulatory frameworks and predictable incentives. Second, governments need to focus public finances in such a way as to maximize private investment in the projects that are developed. Public finance must unlock and leverage significant amounts of private capital; this can be done through funds that aggregate smaller investments in energy access, agriculture and energy efficiency; through insurance products that reduce policy and technology risk; and through structured funds that combine public and private investment in such a way as to attract large institutional investors. What factors will create the confidence necessary for developed countries to adequately fund new innovative institutions in this space, such as the Green Climate Fund?

Japan finance minister apologizes for Nazi constitution comment

Since revisions of the constitution may raise protests, “Doing it quietly, just as in one day the Weimar constitution changed to the Nazi constitution, without anyone realizing it, why don’t we learn from that sort of tactic?” Aso, who often speaks in a meandering style that has gotten him in trouble for off-the-cuff remarks in the past, also said in the same speech that he did not mean to “deny democracy.” “This is a constitution for all,” Aso said. “I just don’t want (the revision) to be decided amid a ruckus.” On Thursday, Aso said he referred to the Nazis “as a bad example of a constitutional revision that was made without national understanding or discussion.” “If you listen to the context, it is clear that I have a negative view of how the Weimar constitution got changed by the Nazi regime,” he said. The Simon Wiesenthal Center, a human rights group dedicated to keeping alive the history of the Holocaust, urged Aso to “immediately clarify” his remarks. “What `techniques’ from the Nazis’ governance are worth learning?